Page 3 - Sanitation

'Invisible hands': How millions of domestic workers fare under Covid-19

Most domestic work is informal, leaving workers vulnerable, especially in times of crisis like Covid-19

Get, set, fly: Here's how airlines ensured safe travel as services resumed

The first step was identifying the touch points to reduce contact and go for sanitisation wherever that is not possible

Sanitation and cleanliness on top of new age mobility firms' agenda

Firms that provide urban commuting warm up to new realities as lockdown relaxes

Covid-19 has made the invisible visible

Today, these 'invisible' people have become visible

Taking steps to ensure safety of sanitation workers: Centre to Delhi HC

The court was hearing a petition, filed by social activist Harnam Singh through advocate Mahmood Pracha, seeking directions for the safety of lakhs of sanitation workers

Letter to BS: Covid-19 has brought focus on sanitation, health and hygiene

Health and hygiene were ignored and all that mattered was optimum utilisation of economic resources for maximum gains at minimum cost

Sanitation, aerial alerts make drones new soldiers in war against Covid-19

They are being used throughout the country to spray disinfectants, manage crowds, spread awareness through public announcements and for geo-mapping to chalk out containment zones

Prolonged coronavirus lockdown could make India's summer water crisis worse

For municipal and panchayat administrators in India, April is the month when bad news begins to pour in

India needs $2.64-trn investment to meet UN's Sustainable Development Goals

At $701.5 billion, the greatest private sector opportunity in the country is investment in achieving and maintaining universal access to electricity, which is the seventh SDG.

My favourite campaign is 'Haath, munh aur bum, bimari hogi kam': Aalok Bhan

The video has used kids in their campaign as key catalyst who have been promoting healthy habits

Water, sanitation sector may attract Rs 6.3 trn investment in 5 yrs: Report

Government's new 'Nal se Jal' scheme, which aims to provide piped water connection to every household by 2024, will likely lead to a massive jump in the investment in water and sanitation

People will learn from examples, says RICE's Nikhil Srivastav

After 4 years of Swachh Bharat, open defecation down 26 percentage points, but toilet use does not match construction spree

This Tamil Nadu town's sanitation model helps manage sewage waste better

Karunguzhi's FSTP now receives around 6,000 to 8,000 litres of waste daily

Why we need to realise value of trained masons to ensure safe sanitation

Training programmes are needed to equip masons with technical information

Half of India lacks basic sanitation; 1 in 3 can't acess a toilet globally

If Indian women who don't have access to such facilities stand in a queue, it would stretch around the earth 4 times

Swachh Bharat: India needs to look beyond building individual toilets

India has to be careful so that the project does not interfere with its efforts to boost gender equality

Sanitation workers clean our cities, but they are denied even minimum wage

Sanitation workers' exploitation, poor working conditions and apathy towards them is on rising trend

Why we fail at execution

We had a long way to go in achieving the goals of making India free of open defecation

Sanitation failures kill, stunt children most in UP, 4 other states

Poor sanitation makes unhealthy children prone to water-borne diseases

Sanitation failures kill, stunt children most in UP, 4 other states

India's under-5 mortality rate declined from 74 in 2005-06 to 50 in 2015-16